FDA Chases Another Synthetic Stimulant Off Supplement Ingredient Menu

CFSAN tells 14 firms the stimulant DMBA – identified by names including 1,3-dimethylbutylamine, 2-amino-4-methylpentane, AMP citrate and 4-methyl-2-pentanamine – has “no history of use or other evidence of safety … when used as a dietary ingredient.”

Dietary supplement marketers turning to DMBA as a replacement for DMAA in weight loss and strength training products will be looking for another substance as FDA swings its enforcement toward DMBA.

FDA continued singling out ingredients in products marketed as dietary supplements and identified by researchers as potentially dangerous by warning...